[cod] +set net_port problems and GameSpy visibility issues

Bryan Kuhn bryan at infinityward.com
Thu Nov 6 19:53:14 EST 2003


Thats one of the bugs with the linux server, you can set net_port to
29599 if you wanted 29600. Changing the port shouldn't have any effect
on it showing up unless your firewall is blocking it.

Thursday, November 6, 2003, 4:44:05 PM, you wrote:
> Hello,

> i have a "small" problem here.

> If you set an other port then default with
> ./cod_lnxded  +set net_port 29600  +set developer 2
> as example you see an message like:

> Opening IP socket: localhost:29600
> ERROR: UDP_OpenSocket: bind: Address already in use
> Opening IP socket: localhost:29601

> That’s also visible if you not try to set an port manually.

> That is not the worst because well the server is reachable on 29601 if you
> use my example.


> But the big problem is that i can not find the server on GameSpy if you
> change the port.

> Can anybody help me with that issue ?

> Thx in advance.
> Daniel




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